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![]() Lance Klusener Lance KlusenerBorn: 4 September 1971, Durban, NatalMajor Teams: Natal Country Districts, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Nottinghamshire, South Africa. Known As: Lance Klusener Batting Style: Left Hand Bat Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium Test Debut: South Africa v India at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 1996/97 Latest Test: South Africa v Australia at Melbourne, 2nd Test, 2001/02 ODI Debut: South Africa v England at East London, 6th ODI, 1995/96 Latest ODI: South Africa v Bangladesh at Benoni, 2nd ODI, 2002/03 First-class debut: Natal B v Border B at East London, 1993/94 Natal debut same season Education: Durban HS Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000 Career Statistics:TESTS (including 26/12/2001) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 48 68 11 1904 174 33.40 60.04 4 8 33 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 1114.5 316 2924 78 37.48 8-64 1 0 85.7 2.62 ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS (including 06/10/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 142 117 41 3193 103* 42.01 89.86 2 17 30 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 1030.2 38 4804 168 28.59 6-49 0 6 36.7 4.66 FIRST-CLASS (1993/94 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 111 154 32 4214 174 34.54 6 22 65 0 O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 2881.2 8224 307 26.78 8-34 11 3 56.3 2.85 LIST A LIMITED OVERS (1991/92 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 196 164 53 4484 142* 40.39 3 24 50 0 O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 1392 6470 222 29.14 6-49 1 7 37.6 4.64 - Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS. StatsGuru Filters for Lance KlusenerStatistics involving Lance KlusenerArticles about Lance Klusener
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Profile:"Go big or go home" is Lance Klusener's motto, an approach never more clearly demonstrated than when his powerful hitting earned him the player of the tournament award at the 1999 World Cup. It wasn't always the case, though, for "Zulu", who was told at school to concentrate on his batting because he wasn't big enough to become a bowler. He went off, grew up a little, beefed up a tad and broke into first-class cricket with Natal as an aggressive fast bowler who could take care of himself with the bat down the order. Indeed, it was as a bowler (dislodging Fanie de Villiers from the side), that Klusener made his Test debut at Eden Gardens in 1996. It wasn't the most auspicious of starts as Mohammad Azharuddin pasted him all over the ground in the first innings, but with Allan Donald injured, Klusener took the new ball in the second innings and claimed eight for 64 as South Africa stormed to victory. Three Tests later, Klusener took a 100-ball hundred off India at Newlands. Enjoy it while you can, advised Clive Rice, it might not happen again as long as you play. Klusener, though, has gone to fulfill much of this early promise. When an ankle injury forced him out of South Africa's 1998 tour of England, he returned home to work on his batting. In contrast to most batsmen, however, Klusener practised hitting the bad ball and this approach paid off at the World Cup as time and again he hit South Africa out of trouble. He is more than a slogger, though, as he demonstrated with 174 in the second Test against England last summer. As a result of the injury, he lost a little of his zip as a bowler, but he has learned greater variation and is still a key member of the South African attack. South Africa's biggest problem with Klusener now is how and where exactly to use him. Up the order? In the middle? During the last 15 overs? This has still not been satisfactorily resolved. Then again, it's a dilemma many countries would love to have. (Peter Robinson July 2000)
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